LIZ PURNELL
COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER
For SATTF: Anthony and Cleopatra, Othello, Hamlet, Much ado about Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, Three Sisters, Macbeth (MD), Coriolanus, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida
The Tempest
Prospero, magician and rightful Duke of Milan, has been deposed by his own brother and cast adrift on the ocean with his baby daughter. Surviving on a lonely island - becoming its new master - he draws his enemies to him by means of a tempest which wrecks their ship on his shore. Romance, broad comedy, and meditation on forgiveness combine in this extraordinarily charged and vivid fable, Shakespeare’s last major play.
“It is always exciting to couple plays that illuminate each other. A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest arch over almost all of Shakespeare’s career, the late play revisiting, in a darker mood, magical elements used so effectively in the early comedy” Andrew Hilton
Thu 25 March – Sat 1 May 2010
(closed Easter Mon 5 April)
7.30pm
Thu & Fri 8pm
Saturday Matinees
Every Saturday
(not showing Sat 3 April)
2.30pm
Midweek Matinees
Thu 22 & 29 April
2.30pm
Signed Performance
Tuesday 27th April 2010 at 7.30pm
Tickets £
From 12 - 20
PRESS:
Reviews -
'Shakespeare’s enchanted isle is conjured, in Andrew Hilton’s production, with a simplicity that has become the stylistic hallmark of this miniature theatrical powerhouse.' Sam Marlowe, The Times (7th April 2010)
'This is a play about forgiveness, but, in Andrew Hilton’s production, you’re first shown the suffering that needs to be healed. This is the inspiration behind Ian Barritt’s robust Prospero. At first almost brutal, he learns why and how to forgive. This side of the play is not often shown...' John Peter, The Sunday Times, (April 25th 2010)
'Many and varied themes are available to be explored in Shakespeare’s majestic tone poem of a final play. Andrew Hilton, artistic director of the popular Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, has chosen to see it as a parable of good and evil, while never losing sight of the hypnotic power of the magical verse.' Jeremy Brien, The Stage, (1st April 2010)
'We have become so used to Director Andrew Hilton making expert use of the Tobacco Factory space it almost goes without saying that he has done so again in this intelligently staged and presented production of Shakespeare's final enigmatic offering.' Gerry Parker, The Bristol Evening Post, (1st April 2010)
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Click here to read The Stage review
Click here to read The Guardian review
Click here to read The Daily Mail review
Click here to read The Bristol Evening Post review
Click here to read The British Theatre Guide review
Click here to read Bristol247 review
Click here to read Makemeneon review
Click here to read Suit Yourself Magazine review
Click here to read The Drama Student review
Cast
Ship’s Master Felix Hayes
Boatswain David Plimmer
1st Mariner Nicholas Prasad
2nd Mariner Jerome Thompson
Alonso Jonathan Nibbs
Gonzalo John Nicholas
Sebastian Alan Coveney
Antonio Peter Clifford
Ferdinand Benjamin Askew
Adrian Jack Hardwick
Prospero Ian Barritt
Miranda Ffion Jolly
Ariel/Caliban Christopher Staines
Trinculo Felix Hayes
Stephano Chris Donnelly
Production
Director Andrew Hilton
Associate Director/Editor Dominic Power
Assistant Director Sophie Howard
Set & Costume Designer Harriet de Winton
Costume Supervisor Rosalind Marshall
Composer John Telfer
Sound Designer Dan Jones
Lighting Designer Matt Graham
Puppet Maker & Director Sara Easby
Production Manager Jo Cuthbert
Stage Manager Polly Meech
Deputy Stage Manager Eleanor Dixon
Assistant Stage Manager Rachel Isaacs
Costume Maintenance Sophie Borton
Costume Laundry Kim Winter
Lunchtime Talk
Sat 24th April, 11am – 1.30pm.
To book tickets for the Talk, please call the Box Office on 0117 902 0344
